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“President Trump took the membership of Ukraine in NATO off the table, without any pressure,” said Pistorius. “And therefore I’m afraid that the membership of Ukraine in NATO is off the table and I hope it will not remain there, but we’ll see about that.” Both men argued a lasting peace for Ukraine is only possible if Kyiv and its European allies were to take part in peace negotiations. Pistorius, however, appeared unconvinced Europeans would secure a seat at the table when it comes to the Trump administration’s talks, even as his French and British counterparts try to win such…
Leaders from nearly 30 countries and NATO and EU chiefs met in the French capital to discuss bolstering aid to Kyiv and deploying European troops to secure long-term peace. Emmanuel Macron announced a plan to send “reassurance forces” from “several European countries” based in “certain strategic locations” in Ukraine in the event of a peace treaty with Russia. These forces would “act as a deterrent against potential Russian aggression,” he told reporters during a press conference following a high-stakes “Coalition of the Willing” summit for Ukraine in Paris on Thursday.However, these reassurance forces “are not intended to be peacekeeping forces”…
Greenland will form a new coalition government that comprises all but one party elected to its legislature, a show of political unity in the face of ongoing takeover threats from United States President Donald Trump. Four of the five parties with seats in Greenland’s parliament have agreed to band together in a broad coalition, local media outlets KNR and Sermitsiaq have reported. The deal is set to be announced Friday, the same day U.S. Vice President JD Vance plans to visit an American military base on the Arctic island. Greenlanders went to the polls two weeks ago in a closely…
In 12 EU countries, women’s satisfaction with the quality of care has decreased, with Greece reporting the lowest score at 32%. Austria was the top country in Europe for women’s health, ranking third on a global index, according to a new study. Finland, Germany, and Denmark also took places in the top 10 of the world’s best countries for women’s health. This is the fourth year that the company Hologic has published the Women’s Health Index, a survey conducted among 146,000 participants from 142 countries and territories. The data was gathered in 2023 and analysed in 2024.The research takes into consideration criteria such…
Kohler began working with Macron when he was economy minister and has been by the president’s side since his election in 2017. He is so close to Macron that he’s been nicknamed “the president’s second brain.” After nearly eight years at the Elysée palace, Kohler appears ready for a change. His impending departure has been an open secret for weeks. Emmanuel Moulin, a well-known senior civil servant, will replace Kohler. Moulin previously served as chief of staff to former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and former Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire. Pauline de Saint Remy and Nicolas Barré contributed to this…
The “unconditional withdrawal” of Russian forces from the territory of Ukraine is a key precondition to amend or lift sanctions, the European Commission has said in reply to the Kremlin’s demand. The European Union has emphatically rebuffed the Kremlin’s demand that the Russian Agricultural Bank, known as Rosselkhozbank, and other financial entities involved in the agrifood trade be re-connected to SWIFT as a pre-condition to halt attacks in the Black Sea and ensure safe navigation, arguing the continued invasion of Ukraine makes it impossible to grant sanctions relief, be it broad or targeted.The surprising demand was made public earlier this…
“Le statu quo avant l’arrestation d’Imamoğlu était confortable pour l’UE, parce qu’il y avait juste assez de démocratie”, analyse Bechev. Les récents événements, ajoute-t-il, ne sont pas assez graves pour changer la donne. Des enjeux de défense En tant que pays candidat à l’adhésion à l’UE, la Turquie peut potentiellement accéder aux achats groupés de 800 milliards d’euros au titre des fonds destinés à accroître les dépenses de défense de l’Union, selon le plan “préparation à l’horizon 2030” présenté par Bruxelles la semaine dernière. Cependant, la Grèce et Chypre, toutes deux en conflit de longue date avec la Turquie, font…
The two ministers had planned to speak with the interior and foreign ministers of Syria’s interim government and with representatives of UN agencies. The German and Austrian interior ministers have cancelled a planned trip to Syria because of a possible threat to their delegation, German authorities said.Germany’s Nancy Faeser had planned to visit Damascus with her Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner on Thursday, with a German military plane set to fly Faeser’s delegation into Syria from Jordan.But her ministry said that the two ministers decided to break off the trip before the flight could depart from Amman “because of concrete warnings by…
The Coimisiún na Meán warned about variety of different concepts steering DSA implementation. A common approach is needed on EU online platform regulation – however challenging – because the Digital Services Act (DSA) leaves room for interpretation, Maria Donde, Director of International Affairs at Irish regulator Coimisiún na Meán said in Brussels on Thursday.“There is a different approach by the various platform regulators: it comes down to different conceptual ideas on how the DSA should be implemented,” Donde told an event organised by think tank CERRE. “Not everything is said in the DSA – and learning that and understanding that to…
The former conservative leader is accused of taking millions of euros from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 election campaign. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech Share